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September 20, 2009

G148: Red Sox 9, Orioles 3

The Sox jumped on Berken (3-10-6-2-3, 68) right away, as Jacoby Ellsbury and Victor Martinez walked, and Kevin Youkilis, Jason Bay (1-0) and Mike Lowell singled (3-0) in the first. Boston finished the season with a 16-2 record against Baltimore.Ellsbury (3-for-4, BB, shown stealing base #63 above) doubled in two runs in the third and homered in the seventh. Bay crushed a dong (#35) in the fourth and was HBP with the bases loaded in the sixth. Alex Gonzalez singled and doubled and scored twice.

Dice (5.1-8-3-1-5, 110) was good enough. His fastball command was spotty throughout the game and he relied more on breaking stuff. He allowed at least one baserunner in each inning, but did not walk a man until the fifth -- his 23rd batter. In fact, he had only three three-ball counts.

The Rangers lost to the Angels 10-5, so the Red Sox's Wild Card lead is now up to eight games. The Mariners lit up Joba and the Yankees 7-1, so Boston is now only 5 GB in the East (four in the loss column).

Do you think Adam Kilgore is put on the pre-game less because of his stutter? And if so, is that...okay? Obviously if you lack the skills to speak on TV, they're not gonna put you on. But if your disability happens to involve speaking, I don't think that should come into play when they're deciding who to put on. Yet I've only seen him maybe three times talking on TV. I think NESN are anti-stuttites.

maybe i have heard him. i have some hazy memory of seeing a young writer with a clear stutter on during a game. maybe one rare time i had the pre-game? could have someone else on another station, though, too.

I guess with a six run lead they might send him back out and see if he can get through the inning quickly. I was just thinking they might not want him to get his pitch count up since he just got off the DL like a week ago.